Our Board & Advisors
Our Board

Lawrence Enomoto
President & Board Director

Byrnes Yamashita
Vice President & Board Director

Phyllis Hironaka
Secretary & Board Director

Kristin Alm
Treasurer & Board Director

Micah Benevitz
Board Director

Lynn Heirakuji
Board Director

Jennifer Okubo Polido
Board Director

Caitlin Shishido
Board Director

William Wright
Board Director

Warren Yamamoto
Board Director
Our Advisors
Wesley Deguchi
- Past President, Nisei Veterans Legacy
- Member, Sons & Daughters of the 442nd RCT (past President)
- Design Principal, Alakea Design Group
Warren Haruki
- President, Grove Farms, Inc.
- Former President, Hawaiian Telephone Co.
- Serves on several boards of directors
James Hirai
- Deputy Executive Director, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
- Retired Brigadier General, U.S Army with over 30 years of command and leadership experience
Gary Okuda
- Civil and Commercial Litigation lawyer
- Partner, Leu Okuda and Doi
- Member, State Land Use Commission
Barbara Tanabe
- Former television news anchor
- President, Hoakea Communications
Suzanne P. Vares-Lum
- President, East-West Center
- Retired Major General, U.S. Army — Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, USINDOPACOM